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The Dutch Barn Offices

Oxfordshire

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T S H Architects

Florence House Suite , 29 Grove Street , Summertown , OXFORD , Oxfordshire , OX2 7JT

We were appointed to convert an existing Dutch Barn into 4600 ft² of office accommodation for this site within the Oxford Green Belt. Whilst the steel frame was an important feature of the building, it was in poor condition and could not be re-used. Instead, we built a new frame of the same shape and size in the same position. The frame is best appreciated from the inside of the building where it is on display to the open-plan offices right up to the curved ceiling. The existing drystone wall has been rebuilt in its original position and forms the buildings skin along the west elevation.